Good point. A "sum" is the result of adding two or more numbers together. (This includes subtraction since that's the same as adding a negative number, as in your example above). I think it's just jargon in this context - "amount" would serve just as well....

What a horrific way to die. :(
It may or may not be significant that government spending on road building and maintenance in Italy is less than half what it was ten years ago, while spending in most other european countries has been fairly stable.

I still have a couple of 78s.
Georgia On My Mind and My Old Man's A Dustman - how's that for variety. Both worthless commercially because I don't have the original sleeves, they're both scratched and the Ray Charles one jumps... it's right at the end but...

Mine's a B&O combination turntable radio tuner. I've had it for about twenty five years but it was already pretty old when I bought it from the Notting Hill Music Exchange. I got it part ex: £20 plus a rubbishy old Farfisa electric organ. I think it was made...

Why don't they just tell it like it is? "This program features alleged comedians saying 'fuck' in every sentence because they can"?
I'm perfectly capable of gratuitous swearing, and I can do it far more effectively than the unfunny people who get paid for...

I don't remember him. I was 3 when he stopped. I've seen some re-runs and not impressed. I think in the Hartnell days, the TARDIS and the daleks were the real stars, without which I don't think the show would have gone beyond its first year. For me, Jon...